New York Times: Riding in three Waymo taxis in San Francisco finds two avoided traffic while another didn’t, the app works like Uber, and the first experience can be confusing — On Monday, Waymo began letting the public pay for rides in its driverless cars in San Francisco. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Jon Porter / The Verge: Nick Clegg says Meta now lets Instagram and Facebook users opt out of its recommendation algorithms for Reels, Stories, Search, and more, to comply with EU DSA — Instagram and Facebook users in Europe are getting more options to opt out of Meta’s recommendation algorithms, the company has explained in a blog post today. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Zheping Huang / Bloomberg: Baidu reports Q2 revenue up 15% YoY to ~$4.7B, beating ~$4.6B est., and net income up 43% YoY to ~$714M, as China boosts its private sector; BIDU rises 4%+ — – The company reported a larger than projected 15% jump in sales — It’s riding a recovery in advertising from Covid depths Lees verder op Tech Meme
Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: Ivanti warns of a critical Sentry API authentication bypass flaw that is being exploited in the wild, after another zero-day compromised Norway’s government — US-based IT software company Ivanti warned customers today that a critical Sentry API authentication bypass vulnerability is being exploited in the wild. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Jon Porter / The Verge: Nick Clegg says Meta plans to let Instagram and Facebook users opt out of its recommendation algorithms, part of its broader work to comply with the EU DSA — Instagram and Facebook users in Europe are getting more options to opt out of Meta’s recommendation algorithms, the company has explained in a blog post today. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Bloomberg: Arm spent 3,500+ words in its 330-page IPO prospectus explaining the risks in China, a critical market that accounted for ~24% of its sales in the year to March — – Geopolitical tensions, China economic woes hurting sales — Power struggle with fired China unit CEO still casts shadow Lees verder op Tech Meme
Financial Times: AlphaSense: ~40% of companies in the S&P 500 mentioned AI or related terms in their latest earnings calls, but only 16% mentioned AI in their regulatory filings — S&P 500 groups from a burrito maker to a cruise-ship operator tout promise of emerging technology Lees verder op Tech Meme
Tom Warren / The Verge: To appease the UK, Microsoft restructures its Activision deal by agreeing to sell off Activision cloud gaming rights to Ubisoft; the UK CMA will now investigate — Microsoft is restructuring its proposed Activision Blizzard deal to transfer cloud gaming rights for current and new Activision Blizzard games to Ubisoft. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Jennifer Elias / CNBC: Google CFO Ruth Porat and other executives have either shifted roles or left the company in recent months, as the search giant tries to find its own identity — – A string of decade-long Google executives have changed jobs in the last several months. — Some have wanted to seek … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Lacey Rose / The Hollywood Reporter: Bill Simmons, Ben Shapiro, Kara Swisher, and other podcast hosts, executives, and agents on how the industry has changed, not reaching “peak podcast”, and more — The most powerful people in podcasting weigh in with their predictions, plans and biggest pet peeves. Lees verder op Tech Meme